diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 59ece58c..3807260a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -35,3 +35,19 @@ jobs:
         run: python -m unittest tests/imports.py
       - name: Run pytest suite
         run: pytest
+  build_docs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: ./docs
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Forest code from GitHub repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+      - name: Install documentation build dependencies
+        run: pip install -r requirements.txt
+      - name: Build the docs
+        run: make html SPHINXOPTS="-W"